Rhagovelia acuminata Bacon, 1956

Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figueiredo, Pacheco-Chaves, Bernald, Springer, Monika & Cordeiro, Isabelle Da Rocha Silva, 2015, Two new species of Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Costa Rica, with a key and new records from the country, Zootaxa 3980 (4), pp. 477-500 : 488

Rhagovelia acuminata Bacon, 1956

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Known distribution in Costa Rica. Puntarenas ( Polhemus 1997). Reported here are the first records from Alajuela and Cartago provinces.

Material examined. COSTA RICA: Alajuela —San Ramón, Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve, 800 m a.s.l., 10.X.2010, (B. Pacheco): 5 apterous males, 4 apterous females, 2 nymphs; Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve, San Lorencito River, 10o13’6.8” N / 84o35’48.9” W, 876 m a.s.l., 10.X.1998: 4 apterous males, 3 apterous females; 17.X.2009, (B. Pacheco): 1 apterous male, 1 apterous female. Cartago —Paraíso, Birrisito, Parruas River Stream, secondary Forest, 1350 m a.s.l., 15.X.1996, (C. Guillén): 3 apterous males, 4 apterous females. Puntarenas —Chomes, 04.XII.1998: 2 apterous females. Santa Elena, Berros Stream, 1200 m a.s.l., IV.2001, (A. Burgin): 6 apterous males, 6 apterous females.

Figures

FIGURES 30 & 31. Geographical distribution of the collecting localities of Rhagovelia in Costa Rica. 30. Rhagovelia acuminata, R. armata, R. scabra, R. solida, and R. crassipes. 31. R. formosa, R. spinigera, and R. bisignata.